Colombian President Orders Halt to Intelligence Sharing With US Over Drug Boat Strikes

President Gustavo Petro has condemned U.S. military strikes on Caribbean drug boats, widening the dispute over Washington’s anti-narcotics tactics.

Colombia's President Gustavo Petro attends the Tropical Forest Forever Facility (TFFF) in the framework of the COP30 UN Climate Change Conference in Belem, Para State, Brazil on Nov. 6, 2025. Mauro Pimentel/AFP via Getty Images

Colombian President Gustavo Petro said on Nov. 11 that his nation’s security forces will stop intelligence sharing with the United States in response to U.S. military strikes on suspected drug-smuggling boats in the Caribbean.

Petro said on X that he had instructed the Colombian public security forces at all levels to suspend cooperation with U.S. agencies until the U.S. military ceases its strikes on vessels in the Caribbean.